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Arvin C. Diesmos is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on understanding global change and ecological dynamics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broader field, their subfields of study are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Social Psychology
  • Ecology

Arvin C. Diesmos's research covers several topics relevant to biology and ecology, including:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, often collaborating with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rafe M. Brown
  • Mae Lowe L. Diesmos
  • Indraneil Das
  • Evan S. H. Quah
  • John Measey

Key publication venues where their work appears regularly include:

  • Herpetozoa
  • Vidhyayana
  • Nature
  • Zootaxa
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology

Selected recent papers by Arvin C. Diesmos highlight their focus on amphibian biology, ecological modeling, and species distribution in relation to environmental threats and changes. These include:

  • Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats, 2023, Nature
  • Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium undermine the usefulness of ecological niche models for invasion risk assessments, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Forecasting potential invaders to prevent future biological invasions worldwide, 2024, Global Change Biology
  • Variation in species richness, composition and herpetological community structure across a tropical habitat gradient of Palawan Island, Philippines, 2020, Herpetozoa
  • Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species, 2020, Herpetological Monographs

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

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  • Measuring the Meltdown: Drivers of Global Amphibian Extinction and Decline

    Navjot S. Sodhi;David Bickford;Arvin C. Diesmos;Arvin C. Diesmos;Tien Ming Lee

  • Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes

    Brett R. Scheffers;Brett R. Scheffers;David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;Arvin Diesmos;Stephen E. Williams

  • Evolutionary Processes of Diversification in a Model Island Archipelago

    Rafe M. Brown;Cameron D. Siler;Carl H. Oliveros;Jacob A. Esselstyn

  • Phylogenetics of Fanged Frogs:Testing Biogeographical Hypotheses at the Interface of the Asian and Australian Faunal Zones

    Ben J. Evans;Rafe M. Brown;Jimmy A. McGuire;Jatna Supriatna;Jatna Supriatna

  • Local people value environmental services provided by forested parks

    Navjot S. Sodhi;Navjot S. Sodhi;Tien Ming Lee;Tien Ming Lee;Cagan H. Sekercioglu;Edward L. Webb

  • The challenge of species delimitation at the extremes: diversification without morphological change in philippine sun skinks.

    Anthony J. Barley;Jordan White;Arvin C. Diesmos;Rafe M. Brown

  • Hope for Threatened Tropical Biodiversity: Lessons from the Philippines

    Mary Rose C. Posa;Arvin C. Diesmos;Navjot S. Sodhi;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Increasing arboreality with altitude: a novel biogeographic dimension

    Brett R. Scheffers;Ben L. Phillips;William F. Laurance;Navjot S. Sodhi

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of Philippine bent-toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) contradict a prevailing model of Pleistocene diversification.

    Cameron D. Siler;Jamie R. Oaks;Jacob A. Esselstyn;Arvin C. Diesmos

  • Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian amphibians.

    Jodi Rowley;Rafe Brown;Raoul Bain;Mirza Kusrini

  • Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia

    Andrea Swei;Jodi J. L. Rowley;Dennis Rödder;Mae L. L. Diesmos

  • An adaptive radiation of frogs in a southeast Asian island archipelago.

    David C. Blackburn;David C. Blackburn;Cameron D. Siler;Cameron D. Siler;Cameron D. Siler;Arvin C. Diesmos;Jimmy A. McGuire

  • Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium undermine the usefulness of ecological niche models for invasion risk assessments.

    Arman N. Pili;Arman N. Pili;Reid Tingley;Emerson Y. Sy;Mae Lowe L. Diesmos

  • Phylogeny of Philippine slender skinks (Scincidae: Brachymeles) reveals underestimated species diversity, complex biogeographical relationships, and cryptic patterns of lineage diversification

    Cameron D. Siler;Arvin C. Diesmos;Angel C. Alcala;Rafe M. Brown

  • Did geckos ride the Palawan raft to the Philippines

    Cameron D. Siler;Jamie R. Oaks;Luke J. Welton;Charles W. Linkem

  • Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships

    Charles W. Linkem;Arvin C. Diesmos;Rafe M. Brown

  • Phylogeography and historical demography of Polypedates leucomystax in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines: Evidence for recent human-mediated range expansion?

    Rafe M. Brown;Charles W. Linkem;Cameron D. Siler;Jeet Sukumaran

  • The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: the herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range

    Rafe M. Brown;Cameron David Siler;Carl Hirang Oliveros;Luke Jarett Welton

  • An ancient origin for the enigmatic Flat-Headed Frogs (Bombinatoridae: Barbourula) from the islands of Southeast Asia.

    David C. Blackburn;David P. Bickford;Arvin C. Diesmos;Djoko T. Iskandar

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Cameron D. Siler
Cameron D. Siler University of Oklahoma
Angel C. Alcala
Angel C. Alcala Silliman University
Jimmy A. McGuire
Jimmy A. McGuire University of California, Berkeley
Brett R. Scheffers
Brett R. Scheffers University of Florida
Navjot S. Sodhi
Navjot S. Sodhi National University of Singapore
Jatna Supriatna
Jatna Supriatna University of Indonesia
L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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